Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is facing the toughest threat of its short life: the Apple Watch. Hoping to fend off the inevitable, the Palo Alto startup has designed the color-screen Time watch. And surprisingly, to sell it, Pebble is returning to the website that put it on the map: Kickstarter.

For decades, virtual reality has been both a tech buzzword and the stuff of science fiction. But nowadays, it's something you can actually buy and experience for yourself thanks to products like Samsung's Gear VR headset.

Lenovo has disabled and discontinued loading laptops with an ad-serving software called Superfish that, according to security researchers, makes it easy for attackers to access encrypted Web data, and even online passwords.

For years, Microsoft has been trying to explain why we should jab an awkward pointing device at our tablet’s screen, instead of just tapping it with a finger. But after all this time, the reason is clearer than ever.